Co-Editors

EPL is run by scientists for the international scientific community. The Editorial Board, which includes the Editor-in-Chief and a team of truly international Co-Editors, is responsible for overseeing the review process, selecting referees and making publication decision for every manuscript.

Co-Editors:

Dr. Johannes Aichele

EXPERIMENT: Geophysics, seismology, medical imaging, ultrasound imaging, wave propagation, time-scattering, interferometric wave imaging - Green’s function retrieval, acoustic and elastic time-reversal, porous wave propagation, Biot slow wave, shear wave elastography, ultrasound elastography, magnetic resonance elastography, snow avalanche initiation, glacial sliding, rupture initiation, laboratory earthquakes, distributed acoustic sensing, (ultrasound) speckle tracking

ETH Zürich
Institut für Geophysik
Sonneggstrasse 5
CH – 8092 Zürich

Prof. Matheus Araújo Marques

THEORY: Particles and fields, solitons, topological structures, braneworlds

Departamento de Física
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Campus I, Cidade Universitária – Castelo Branco
BR – 58051-900 – João Pessoa PB

Dr. Roberta Arnaldi

EXPERIMENT: Ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions, quark-gluon plasma, quarkonium

INFN Sezione di Torino
Via Pietro Giuria, 1
I – 10125 Torino – TO

credit: ”Mikko Raskinen/Aalto University”

Prof. Matilda Backholm

EXPERIMENT: Soft, living, and fluid matter physics – swimming dynamics, mechanical properties, viscoelasticity, biomechanics, growth dynamics, wetting, capillary phenomena, liquid drops, force measurements, methodology

Department of Applied Physics
Aalto University
P.O. Box 15600 (Konemiehentie 1)
FIN – 00076 Aalto
Webpage : Matilda Backholm

Prof. Adriano Barra

THEORY: Statistical mechanics of neural networks and learning machines, phase transitions, spin glasses, biological complexity

Dipartimento di Scienze di Base e Applicate per l’Ingegneria (SBAI)
Sapienza Università di Roma
Via Antonio Scarpa, 16
I – 00161 Roma
Webpage : Adriano Barra

Job Beckers

Prof. Job Beckers

EXPERIMENT: Plasma Physics, plasma diagnostics, complex plasmas, dusty plasmas, photon-induced plasmas

Eindhoven University of Technology
PO Box 513
NL – 5600 MB Eindhoven
Webpage : Job Beckers

Prof. Micol Benetti

THEORY: Cosmology, observational cosmology, inflationary theory, dark energy, cosmography

Scuola Superiore Meridionale
Via Mezzocannone, 4
I – 80138 – Napoli
Webpage : Micol Benetti

Dr. Roelof Bijker

Dr. Roelof Bijker

THEORY: Nuclear structure, nuclear models, nuclear clustering, (super) symmetries, algebraic methods, random interactions, baryon spectroscopy, phenomenological quark models, heavy baryons and pentaquarks

Departamento de Estructura de la Materia
Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
MEX – C.P. 04510, Mexico City
Webpage : Roelof Bijker

Bittencourt

Dr. Victor Augusto S. V. Bittencourt

THEORY: Hybrid systems, hybrid quantum systems, cavity magnonics, cavity optomagnonics, cavity magnomechanics, hybrid magnonics, quantum state generation, quantum sensing, quantum correlations, quantum acoustics, circuit quantum electrodynamics, optical response, magneto-optical effects, magnetostriction, spin-waves

Instituto de Física
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
MEX – C.P. 04510, Mexico City

Prof. Zhoujian Cao​

THEORY: Classical general relativity, fundamental problems and general formalism; initial value problem, existence and uniqueness of solutions, numerical relativity, numerical studies of black holes and black-hole binaries, gravitational waves, wave generation and sources, wave propagation and interactions, gravitational-wave astrophysics, experimental studies of gravity

Beijing Normal University
Department of Astronomy
CHN – Beijing 100875

Dr. Valerio Capraro

THEORY AND EXPERIMENT : Statistical physics and networks, social and economic systems, social organizations, anthropology, computational social science, dynamics of social systems, multilayer networks

Dipartimento di Psicologia
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo, 1
I – 20126 Milano
Webpage : Valerio Capraro

Dr. Sakuntala Chatterjee

THEORY : Nonequilibrium statistical physics, driven diffusive systems, phase ordering dynamics, interacting particle systems, bacterial chemotaxis, force generation by biopolymers

Department of Theoretical Sciences
S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
IND – 700106 Kolkata
Webpage : Sakuntala Chatterjee

Prof. Alessandra Continenza

THEORY: Electronic structure theory of solids: electronic, structural, dynamical, magnetic, superconducting properties of real solids

Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Università degli studi dell’Aquila
Via Vetoio – Coppito
I – 67100 L’Aquila
Webpage : Alessandra Continenza

Prof. Sebastian Deffner

THEORY: Quantum thermodynamics, quantum chaos, quantum information theory, quantum communication, foundations of quantum mechanics

Department of Physics
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
USA – Baltimore MD 21250
Webpage : Sebastian Deffner

Prof. Maria Carolina de Oliveira Aguiar

THEORY: Strongly correlated electrons, Mott physics, interplay between electronic correlations and disorder, unconventional superconductivity, non-equilibrium dynamics of correlated systems, entanglement in correlated systems

Departamento de Física
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG
Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627
BR – 31270-901 Belo Horizonte – MG
Webpage : Maria Carolina de Oliveira Aguiar

Doneva

Dr. Daniela Doneva

THEORY: Gravitational waves, black holes, neutron stars, modified theories of gravity, numerical relativity

Departament d’Astronomia i Astrofísica
Universitat de València
Dr. Moliner, 50
E – 46100 Burjassot (València)

Jorge I. Facio

Dr. Jorge I. Facio

THEORY: Condensed matter theory, electronic structure of solids, density functional theory, topological phases of matter, Berry phase effects

Centro Atómico Bariloche
Av. Exequiel Bustillo 9500
RA – San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro
Webpage : Jorge I. Facio

Dr. Laura Fanfarillo

THEORY: Strongly correlated systems, unconventional superconductivity, multiorbital physics, fluctuation phenomena, transport properties

Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Via dei Taurini, 19
I – 00185 Rome
Webpage : Laura Fanfarillo

França

Prof. Vívian V. França

THEORY: Entanglement measures, Fermi-Hubbard model, quantum phase transitions, strongly correlated systems

Instituto de Química – Câmpus de Araraquara
Universidade Estadual Paulista
Rua Prof. Francisco Degni, 55 – Quitandinha
BR – Araraquara/SP – CEP 14800-060
Webpage :  Vívian V. França

Geng

Prof. Wenping Geng

EXPERIMENT: Dielectrics, piezoelectrics, and ferroelectrics and their properties, dielectric, ferroelectric, and piezoelectric devices, non-volatile ferroelectric memories

School of Semiconductor and Physics
North University of China
CHN – Taiyuan 030051
Webpage : Wenping Geng

Prof. Elena González Ferreiro

THEORY: Particle physics, quantum chromodynamics, large hadron collider phenomenology, heavy-ion collisions, quark gluon plasma, parton distribution functions, small-x physics

Departamento de Física de Partículas & IGFAE
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Rúa Xosé María Suárez Núñez, s/n
E – 15782 Santiago de Compostela

Dr. Jhon W. González Salazar

THEORY: Condensed matter theory, electronic structure, density functional theory, computational materials science, 2D materials

Departamento de Física
Universidad de Antofagasta
Av. Universidad de Antofagasta N° 02800
CL – Antofagasta
Webpage : Jhon W. González Salazar

Daniela Grasso

Dr. Daniela Grasso

THEORY: Magnetic reconnection, magnetic and fluid instabilities, turbulence and chaos in plasmas, nonlinear physics

CNR-Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi and Politecnico di Torino
Politecnico di Torino
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24
I – 10129 Torino

Dr. Giulia Gubitosi

THEORY: Phenomenology of quantum gravity, relativity, noncommutative geometry, cosmology, astrophysics

Dipartimento di Fisica Ettore Pancini
Università di Napoli Federico II
Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo
Via Cintia
I – 80126 Napoli
Webpage : Giulia Gubitosi

Prof. Andreas Hermann

THEORY: Condensed matter theory, electronic structure, density functional theory, high pressure, phase transitions, chemical bonding, planetary materials

School of Physics and Astronomy
The University of Edinburgh
James Clerk Maxwell Building
Peter Guthrie Tait Road
UK – Edinburgh, EH9 3FD
Webpage : Andreas Hermann

Prof. Rongying Jin​

EXPERIMENT: Experimental condensed matter physics

University of South Carolina
712 Main Street
USA – Columbia, SC29208
Webpage : Rongying Jin

Prof. Tomasz Kapitaniak

THEORY AND EXPERIMENT : Statistical physics, complex systems, stochastic modelling, dynamical systems, bifurcations and chaos, networks of coupled oscillators

Division of Dynamics
Lodz University of Technology
PL – 90-924 Lodz
Webpage : Tomasz Kapitaniak

Kiely

Dr. Anthony Kiely

THEORY: Quantum control, open quantum systems, quantum metrology, quantum thermodynamics

School of Physics
University College Cork
College Road
IRL – Cork T12 K8AF
Webpage : Anthony Kiely

Prof. Galina L. Klimchitskaya

THEORY: Casimir physics, constraints on non-Newtonian gravity, constraints on axionlike particles, electrical and optical properties of graphene

Central Astronomical Observatory at Pulkovo
Russian Academy of Sciences
Pulkovskoye chaussee 65
RU – Saint Petersburg 196140
Webpage : Galina L. Klimchitskaya

Prof. Yun Lai

THEORY + EXPERIMENT: Metamaterials, metasurfaces, photonic crystals, nanophotonics, plasmonics, acoustic and elastic waves

School of Physics
Nanjing University
CHN – Nanjing, 210093
Webpage : Yun Lai

Prof. Marco G. Mazza​

THEORY: Living matter physics, active matter, nonequilibrium statistical physics, soft matter, computer simulations, liquid crystals, granular matter

Department of Mathematical Sciences
Loughborough University
Epinal Way
UK – Loughborough LE11 3TU
Webpage : Marco G. Mazza

Prof. Dmitri Melikhov

THEORY: Theoretical high-energy physics, quantum chromodynamics, hadron physics, nonstandard multi-quark states, heavy quark effective theory, leptonic, semileptonic and radiative hadron decays

Faculty of Physics
University of Vienna
Boltzmanngasse 5
A – 1090 Vienna
Webpage : Dmitri Melikhov

Menzel

Prof. Andreas Menzel

THEORY: Soft matter, biological matter, active matter, soft composite materials, mechanical properties, elasticity, soft matter in nonequilibrium

Institut für Physik (IfP)
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Universitätsplatz 2
D – 39106 Magdeburg
Webpage : Andreas Menzel

Prof. Eduardo Miranda

THEORY: Strongly correlated electron systems, heavy fermion systems, Mott insulators, disordered systems, metal-insulator transitions, Anderson localization, interplay of disorder and interactions in electronic systems, electronic transport

Gleb Wataghin Institute of Physics
The University of Campinas
Rua Sergio Buarque de Holanda, 777
BR – Campinas, SP 13083-859
Webpage : Eduardo Miranda

Dr. Izaak Neri

THEORY: Statistical physics, nonequilibrium thermodynamics, disordered systems, biological physics

Department of Mathematics
King’s College London
Strand Campus, Strand
UK – London WC2R 2LS
Webpage : Izaak Neri

Prof. Jae Dong Noh

THEORY: Statistical physics, nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, phase transitions, stochastic thermodynamics, quantum chaos, quantum thermalization, eigenstate thermalization hypothesis

Department of Physics
University of Seoul
163, Seoulsiripdae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu
ROK – Seoul 02504

Daniele Oriti

Prof. Daniele Oriti

THEORY: Quantum gravity, foundations of physics, theoretical cosmology

Departamento de Física Teórica
Facultad de Ciencias Físicas
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Plaza de las Ciencias 1
E – 28040 Madrid

Prof. Mathis Plapp

THEORY: Pattern formation and self-organization, microstructures in materials, computational materials science: growth and aggregation: phase transitions, thermodynamics and irreversible processes, phase-field models, moving-boundary problems

Laboratoire PMC
CNRS/Ecole Polytechnique
F – 91128 Palaiseau
Webpage : Mathis Plapp

Dragana Popović

Prof. Dragana Popović

EXPERIMENT: Electronic transport in condensed matter, electronic properties of low-dimensional systems, superconductivity

Natl High Magnetic Field Lab
Florida State University
1800 E. Paul Dirac Drive
USA – Tallahassee, FL 32310
Webpage : Dragana Popović

Prof. Maria Raposo

EXPERIMENT: Electric and optical properties of organic ultra-thin films, polymers and biomolecules, interfaces, nanotechnology, colloids, molecular architectures for electronics, photonics magnetism and sensors, biomimetic cells and membranes, radiation effect in biological systems

Physics Department
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Campus FCT-NOVA
P – 2829-516 Caparica
Webpage : Maria Raposo

Prof. Francisco A. Rodrigues

THEORY: Complex networks, complexity, social systems, machine learning, biological complexity, social physics, epidemic models, synchronization, graphs

Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science
Universidade de Sao Paulo
BR – Sao Carlos SP
Webpage : Francisco A. Rodrigues

Prof. Édgar Roldán

THEORY AND EXPERIMENT: Stochastic thermodynamics, stochastic processes, optical tweezers,
nonequilibrium phenomena in biology

Quantitative Life Sciences section
ICTP – Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Strada Costiera, 11
I – 34151 – Trieste
Webpage : Édgar Roldán

Prof. Tanja Schilling

THEORY: Statistical physics, theory of soft matter, Monte Carlo simulation, projection operator formalisms

Physikalisches Institut
Universität Freiburg
Hermann-Herder-Str. 3
D – 79104 Freiburg im Breisgau
Webpage : Tanja Schilling

Prof. Zhaoyan Sun

THEORY AND EXPERIMENT : Polymers, colloids, glass transition, self-assembling, crystallization, computer simulation

Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Renmin Street 5625
CHN – Changchun 130022
Webpage : Zhaoyan Sun

Prof. Gonzalo Usaj

THEORY: Condensed matter theory, quantum transport, electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces, interfaces, thin films, and low-dimensional systems, time dependent transport, Floquet physics, topological materials, polaritons

Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro
Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica
RA – 8400 Bariloche, Río Negro

Prof. Bassano Vacchini

THEORY: Open quantum systems, non-Markovian quantum dynamics, decoherence, quantum dissipation, quantum information

Physics Department
Università degli Studi di Milano
Via Celoria 16
I – 20133 Milano
Webpage : Bassano Vacchini

Dr. Mahendra K. Verma

THEORY: Turbulence, magnetohydrodynamic turbulence, convection, Rayleigh-Bénard convection, dynamo theory

Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Faculty
Building 472
IND – Kanpur 208016 (UP)
Webpage : Mahendra K. Verma

Prof. Patrizia Vignolo

THEORY: Ultracold gases, low dimensional systems, effects of disorder

Institut de Physique de Nice
Université Côte d’Azur
1361, route des Lucioles – Sophia Antipolis
F – 06560 Valbonne
Webpage : Patrizia Vignolo

Prof. Tie-Jun Wang

THEORY AND EXPERIMENT: Quantum information, quantum networks, quantum computing, quantum optics

State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications and School of Science
Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications
CHN – Beijing 100876

Prof. Edward Wilson-Ewing

THEORY: Gravitational physics, quantum gravity, theoretical cosmology, black holes, loop quantum gravity, group field theory

Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of New Brunswick
CAN – Fredericton, NB, E3B 5A3
Webpage : Edward Wilson-Ewing

Prof. Chengyin Wu

EXPERIMENT: Photoionization and excitation, strong-field physics, ultrafast spectroscopy, high-order harmonic generation

School of Physics
Peking University
No. 209 Chengfu Road, Haidian District
CHN – Beijing 100871
Webpage : Chengyin Wu

Wu

Prof. Xiaosong Wu

EXPERIMENT: Transport properties in quantum materials, topological phases of matter, Berry phase effects, superconductivity

School of Physics
Peking University
No.5 Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District
CHN – Beijing 100871

Yamilov

Prof. Alexey G. Yamilov

THEORY: Wave propagation in random media

Department of Physics
Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T)
1315 N. Pine St
USA – Rolla, MO 65409-06403
Webpage : Alexey G. Yamilov

Prof. Yi Zhang

THEORY: Strongly correlated electron systems, unconventional superconductivity, superconducting diode effect, disordered systems

Shanghai University
No. 99 Shangda Road, Baoshan District
CHN – Shanghai 200444

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